Sports teams update – 2017/18

Sport has always played a big part in the lives of students at York St John University, with the history of many of our sports teams stretching back well over 100 years.

The vast majority of York St John teams compete in the British Universities & College Sport (BUCS) League programme against other universities across the country. York St John entered 36 teams In the 2017/18 season, who secured a combined total of 136 wins, 19 draws and 189 defeats over the course of the year, a win rate of 40%. With the season nearly finished the University are currently 93^rd in the national league table out of 166 institutions.

Here is a roundup of how some of our teams got on this year.

American Football at York St John entered a team into the BUCS League for the first time ever, finishing bottom of 2A Borders League, but the team and the Students’ Union are looking forward to seeing how they perform next year.

Our Badminton Women’s 1^st team finished 2^nd in Northern 3B League, while the Men’s 1^st team finished 4^th in Northern 4B League. The Men’s 2^nd team finished 3^rd in Northern 5B League.

Basketball Women’s 1^st team won 8 out of the 10 games they played this season and finished top of Northern 3B League. The Men’s 1^st team finished bottom of the Northern 4B League but are looking to enter a 2^nd Men’s team next season.

The Football Women’s 1^st team finished bottom of the Northern 2B League after a tough season.

Our Football Men’s 1^st team finished 2^nd in the Northern 3B League, while the Men’s 2^nd team (i2i Red / Blue Team) won the league and gained the greatest number of BUCS points out of all of our teams this year (23). The Men’s 3^rd team finished 3^rd in Northern 5D League, the Men’s 4^th team finished 2^nd in Northern 6B League which was ironically won by our Men’s 6^th team! (who will now be promoted) Our Men’s 5^th team finished 4^th in Northern 6D League and the Men’s 7^th team (i2i White / Yellow Team) finished 2^nd in Northern 6D League.

Futsal Women’s finished top of Northern 2A League.

Futsal Men’s 1^st team finished 5^th in Northern 1A League, the Men’s 2^nd team won the Northern 3B League and Men’s 3^rd team (i2i) finished bottom of Northern 4B League.

Our Hockey Women’s 1^st team finished bottom of Northern 3B League, the Men’s 1^st team finished 4^th in Northern 4B League, which is a massive improvement on last year.

Netball Women’s 1^st team finished bottom of Northern 2B League, and the 2^nd team finished bottom of Northern 6B League, the 3^rd team finished 3^rd in Northern 8B League, the 4^th team finished 4^th in Northern 8B League, and the 5^th team finished 5^th in Northern 9B League. Netball are also looking to enter a 6^th team into BUCS next season due to large amount of interest this year.

Rugby Union Women’s 1^st team finished unbeaten and won the Northern 3B League.

Rugby Union Men’s 1^st team finished 3^rd in Northern 3B League and Men’s 2^nd team finished 9^th in Northern 5B League.

Tennis Women’s 1^st team finished bottom of Northern 3B League and Men’s 1st finished 4^th in Northern 5B League.

Our Ultimate Frisbee (Outdoor) team finished 8^th in Northern 2B League.

Volleyball Women’s 1st finished 7^th in Northern 3B League and the Men’s 1^st team finished bottom of Northern 3B League.

Our Cricket 1^st and 2^nd teams get their season under way at the start of May

How is your old team getting on? What do you remember from your time playing sport at York St John? Are you still playing the same sports now? We’d love to hear from you!